Making a twitter thread on charts given in @PikettyLeMonde book
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Health and education in the world, 1820-2020

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World population and Income, 1700-2020

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The rise of inequality around the world, 1980-2018

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Inequality in the different regions of the world in 2018

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The elephant curve of global inequality 1980-2018

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Inequality, 1900-2020 Europe, US, Japan

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The top income tax rate, 1900-2020

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The structure of ternary societies
Europe-India 1660-1880

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Income inequality Europe and the US 1900-2015

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The top inheritance tax rate, 1900-2018

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Inflation in Europe and the US, 1700-2020

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Effective tax rates as % of income in the US, 1910-2020

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The rise of the fiscal state in rich countries 1870-2015
Total tax revenue as % national Income

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The rise of social state in Europe, 1870-2015

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Demography and the balance of power in Europe

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Income inequality 1900-2015
US and Europe

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Share of top percentile in total national income

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Share of top percentile in total private property

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Income and wealth inequality, France 1900-2015.
Share of top percentile in corresponding total
Income from capital
Ownership of capital
Total income
Income from labour

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Vicissitudes of public debt, 1850-2020
Public debt as % of national Income

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Divergence of top 10% and bottom 50% share of incomes, 1980-2018
US, India, China, Europe

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The minimum wage
US vs France, 1950-2019

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Share of private financing in total education spending

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Growth and inequality in the US 1870-2020

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Growth and progressive taxation in the US, 1870-2020

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Growth and inequality in Europe, 1870-2020

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Growth and progressive taxation in Europe, 1870-2020

Composition of income (France 2015)
CAPITAL INCOME(DIVIDENDS, INTEREST, Rents...) having huge ~75-80% share

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Composition of property (France 2015)
Financial assests total dominance

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Inequalities with respect to Capital & Labour (France 2015)
Bottom 50% has
1. paltry 5% income from capital,
2. share in total income around 22%, 3. Income from labour below 25%

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Profile of tax structure, france 2018
Total effective tax rate as a percentage of income percentile

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Share of bottom 50% and top10% in national income
France and US, 1910-2015

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Labour productivity, 1950-2015

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The fall of the bottom 50% share in total income, #US 1960-2015

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Share of bottom 50% share and top 1% share in total Income, Europe, 1980-2016

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Average income of the top 1% and bottom 50%
US, 1960-2015

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Average annual income of the bottom 50%
US, 1960-2015

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Primary inequality and redistribution
US vs France

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Income inequality in Russia, 1900-2015

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Inflows and outflows in eastern Europe, 2010-2016

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Share of top percentile in total national Income, Russia, 1900-2015

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The Income gap between Russia and Europe, 1870-2015
As a ratio of average national income in Russia and in Western Europe

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Capital flight from Russia to tax havens (as a % of national Income)

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Share of financial assests held in tax havens 2015

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The fall of public property, 1978-2018
The share of net public capital in national capital

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Ownership of Chinese firms, 1978-2018
Public sector leading owner #China

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Inequality in China, Europe and the US, 1980-2018
Share of top 10% and bottom 50% in national Income

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Population by continents, 1700-2050

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On the persistence of hyper concentrated wealth

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The persistence of patriarchy in France in the 21st century
Percentage of women amoung high incomes in France

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Tax revenue and Trade liberalisation 1970-2018

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Total Central Bank assests as % of GDP

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Central banks and financial globalisation

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Global inequality regimes (2018)
Share of top decile in total national Income

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Inequality between top 10% and the bottom 50% (2018)
Ratio of average income of top 10% to the bottom 50%

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Inequality between the top 1% and the bottom 50% (2018)
As ratio

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Global distribution of carbon emissions 2010-2018

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Top decile wealth share rich and emerging countries

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Social cleavages & political conflict in France 1955-2020,
Based on vote for left parties !

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The reversal of the education cleavage, France 1956-2017
Interesting reversal of voting patterns as a function of highest degree obtained

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The left and education in France 1955-2020

% vote share of left parties as a function of income decile
Decline for top 10% income voters

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% vote share of left parties as a function of wealth decile
France, 1974-2020

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Religious structure of the electorate, France 1967-2017